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Diode Editions, 2025
Hindsight stuns with raw lyricism, fearless introspection, and a deft fusion of personal and cultural history. At its core, the collection interrogates Blackness, queerness, memory, and inheritance through an intimate yet expansive lens. Rogers writes with a poet’s precision and a storyteller’s rhythm, crafting work that moves between moments of tenderness, rage, humor, and revelation. From the haunting presence of visual snow syndrome to the layered complexities of familial love, masculinity, and belonging, Hindsight is as unflinching as it is deeply human. Rogers builds a world where the glow of a computer screen, sifting through a mother’s scrapbook, or recalling a slur scrawled on a dorm door become charged with poetic weight and historical resonance. These poems live between memory and myth, between what is seen and felt. Rogers’ work blends formal innovation with sonic play, wielding language as a weapon and balm. Whether in the deft structure of a duplex or the staccato urgency of a list poem, each piece in Hindsight pulses with undeniable energy, a refusal to look away. This is poetry for those who seek work that is unapologetic in its truth-telling yet attuned to the beauty and pain of being alive. Hindsight is a necessary addition to the contemporary poetry landscape.
Diode Editions, 2025
Hindsight stuns with raw lyricism, fearless introspection, and a deft fusion of personal and cultural history. At its core, the collection interrogates Blackness, queerness, memory, and inheritance through an intimate yet expansive lens. Rogers writes with a poet’s precision and a storyteller’s rhythm, crafting work that moves between moments of tenderness, rage, humor, and revelation. From the haunting presence of visual snow syndrome to the layered complexities of familial love, masculinity, and belonging, Hindsight is as unflinching as it is deeply human. Rogers builds a world where the glow of a computer screen, sifting through a mother’s scrapbook, or recalling a slur scrawled on a dorm door become charged with poetic weight and historical resonance. These poems live between memory and myth, between what is seen and felt. Rogers’ work blends formal innovation with sonic play, wielding language as a weapon and balm. Whether in the deft structure of a duplex or the staccato urgency of a list poem, each piece in Hindsight pulses with undeniable energy, a refusal to look away. This is poetry for those who seek work that is unapologetic in its truth-telling yet attuned to the beauty and pain of being alive. Hindsight is a necessary addition to the contemporary poetry landscape.
